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CONSTITUTION 



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BY-LAWS 



NEWJERSEIHISTORIQL SOCIETY 



CONSTITUTION 



AND 



BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



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SECOND EDITION, AUTHORIZED MARCH 4th, I'.lOT 

NEWARK, N. J. 

Printed by Bakkk Printing Co., 251 Market St. 
1907 






OFFICERS 

President 
JONATHAN W. ROBERTS 



Vice-Prcsiden ts 



Wallace M. Scudder 



George R. Howe 



Corrcspoiidiiig See'y Recording Scc'y Treasurer 

William Nelson Joseph F. Folsom William C. Morton 



Jonathan W. Roberts 
Cyrus Peck* 
Ernest E. Coe 
Franklin B. Dwight 
Edward Kanouse 
J. Ackerman Coles 
Amzi Dodd 



TRUSTEES 

Charles Bradley 
J. William Clark 
William T. Hunt 
Frederick A. Canficld 
Wilberforce Freeman 
William E. Speakman 
William S. Disbrow 



WOMAN'S BRANCH 

Miss M. Antoinette Quinb)', President 

Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, First Vice President 

Mrs. Thomas J. Craven, Second Vice President 
Miss Rosa Murraj^, Treasurer 

]\Irs. Sydney N. Ogden, Recording Secretary 

Mrs. James J. Bergen, Corresponding Secretary 



Deceased. 



The White Hou 



1913 



AH ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW JERSEY 
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

Whereas the persons hereinafter named, and others, have 
formed themselves into an association, nnder the name and 
title of "the New Jersey Historical Society," the ohject of 
which society is "to discover, procure and preserve what- 
ever relates to any department of the history of New Jersey, 
natural, civil, literary or ecclesiastical, and generally of 
other portions of the United States ;" and whereas the said 
society has, by its executive committee, presented a memorial 
to the legislature, praying for an act of incorporation, that 
the purposes of said society may be the more effectually 
subserved — therefore, 

• I. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Asseml)l> 
of the State of New Jersey, That Daniel \'. ^IcLean, 
Peter "D. Vroom, Eli F. Cooky, Amzi C. iNlcLean, Richard 
S. Field, Stacy G. Potts, Henry W. Green, Aaron A. 
Marcelus, Nicholas Murray, William P. Robeson, William 
B. Kinney, Thomas Gordon, James T. Sherman, William A. 
Whitehead, George W. Doane, and their associates, who 
now are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become 
members of the Said society, shall be, and are hereby 
ordained, constituted, and declared a body corporate and 
politic, by the name of "the New Jersey Historical Society ;" 
and that, by that name, they and their successors forever 
hereafter shall and may have succession, and, by the same 
name, be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be 
impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be 
defended, in all courts of law and equity, in all manner of 
actions, suits, complaints, and matters whatsoever; and 



that ihev and their successors may have a common seal, and 
the same break, aher, change and renew at their pleasure ; 
and, by the same, shall be for ever hereafter capable in law 
to purchase, take. hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and 
their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, 
chattels, or estate, real or personal, of whatever nattire 
or (|uality, in fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or 
in any other manner whatsoever ; provided always that the 
yearly income or value of the said real or personal estate, 
or both, do not at any time exceed the sum of two thousand 
dollars. 

2. And be it enacted. That they and their successors shall 
by the same name, have power and authority to give, grant, 
bargain, sell, demise, release, and convev to others the whole 
or any part of such real or personal estate, on such terms 
and in such manner and form as the said societv mav 
deem eligible to subserve and promote the pur])oses and 
design of said society ; and that thev and their successors 
shall have power, from time to time, to abolish any of the 
ofifices or appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create 
others in their room, with such powers and duties as they 
may think tit to confer and jirescribe. and shall have power, 
from time to time, to make, constitute, and ordain such 
constitution, by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as they 
shall judge proper for the election of officers, the election 
and admission of new members, for the government and 
regulation of the officers and members, for fixing the times 
and places of the meetings of the said corporation, and the 
same, from time to time, to alter, change, repeal, revoke, 
and annul, at their pleasure; and that the constitution and 
by-laws, rules and regulations, of the society heretofore 
made and adopted, and now existing, shall and may remain 
in force until altered or repealed by the said corporation ; 
])rovided. that such by-laws and constitution, made, or to 



be nui.lc l.v llK- snid corporalic.n, shall not be repugnant 
to the constitution an.l laws of the Tniled States or of 

this State. 

^ \n(l be it enacted. That this act shall be. and is 
hei-ebv declared to be a public act, and shall be construed 
most 'favorably to i)romote the purposes an<l designs of 
the said society, and that no misnomer of the said corpora- 
tion in anv l\c<.^d. will, testament, gift, grant. <lenuse or 
other instrument of contract or conveyance, shall vitiate 
or defeat the same : provided the said corporation shall be 
mifticienth described t(^ show the intention of the parties. 

4 \nd be it enacted. That this act shall be and remain 
in full force until the year of our Lord one thousand nine 
hundred: provi<led. nevertheless, that in case the aforesaid 
•society shall at any time appropriate their, or any part of 
their "funds to any purpose or purposes other than those 
contemplated bv this act. and shall be thereof convicted 
by due course of law, that thenceforth the said corporation 
shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and personal, 
whereof it may be seized and possesse<l shall vest m the 
people of this State. 

Approved. February 6, 1846. 

\ SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT ENTITLED "An ACT TO 
INCORPORATE THE NeW JeRSEY HISTORICAL SoCIETV." 

I Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly 
of the State of New fersey. That no state, county, city, 
ward township or other public assessments, taxes or charges 
whatsoever, shall at any time be levied or imposed upon the 
said society, or upon the stocks, estates, lands or tenements 
which have become or may become vested in them by virtue 
of the act by which they were incorporated, so long as said 
society shall appropriate and use the whole of their income 
to promote the objects set forth in the said act of incorpora- 



tion ; provided always that the yearly income of the said real 
or personal estate, or both, do not at any one time exceed 
the sum of five thousand dollars. 
Approved, March 6, 1856. 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE CHARTERS 
OF LITERARY, HISTORICAL, GENEALOGICAL, LIBRARY OR 
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, INCORPORATED BY OR UNDER ANY 

LAW OF THIS State. 

I. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly 
of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any 
literary, historical, genealogical, library or scientific society 
heretofore or hereafter created under or by virtue of any 
law of this State, to adopt a resolution at the regular annual 
meeting of such society, declaring that it is the desire and 
purpose of such society to extend its charter beyond the 
time limited in the act or certificate of incorporation of such 
society, which resolution shall also specify the term for 
which such society desires and proposes that its charter 
shall be extended, not exceeding fifty years from and beyond 
the time limited as aforesaid ; and whenever a copy of such 
resolution, certified under the hand of its president, and 
under its common seal, attested by its recording secretary, 
shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of this 
State, the charter of such society shall thereupon and thereby 
be extended for and during the term specified in such resolu- 
tion. 

Approved March 10, 1893. 

Whereas, The New Jersey Historical Society was incor- 
porated by act of the Legislature, approved February 6, 
1846, and in and by such act of incorporation it was provided 
that said act should be and remain in force until the year of 
our Lord one thousand nine hundred ; 

And whereas, bv an act entitled "An Act authorizing the 



extension of the charters of literar\ . historical, genealot^ical, 
lihrai'}' and scientific societies, incorporated by or under the 
laws of this State," approved March lo, 1893. it is provided : 
"That it shall be lawful for any literary, historical, genea- 
logical. lil)rary or scientific society heretoiore or hereafter 
created under or by virtue of any law of this State, to adopt 
a resolution at the regular annual meeting of such society, 
declaring that it is the desire and pur])<)se of such society 
to extend its charter beyond the time limited in the act or 
certificate of incorporation of such society, which resolu- 
tion shall also specify the term for which such society desires 
and proposes that its charter shall be extended, not exceed- 
ing fifty years from and beyond the time limited as afore- 
said. 

Resolved^ That The New Jersey Historical Society, in- 
corporated by act of the Legislature of this State, approved 
February sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, 
hereby declares that it is the desire and purpose of such 
Society to extend its charter for the term of fifty years from 
and beyond the time limited in the act of incorporation of 
such Society. 

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution certi- 
fied under the hand of the President ; and under the common 
seal of the Society, attested by the Recording Secretary, 
shall be filed in the ofifice of the Secretary of State of this 
State, to the end that the charter of this Society shall be 
extended for the term of fifty years from and beyond the 
time limited in its charter as aforesaid. 
Attested : 

Ernest E. Coe, S. H. Pennington, 

Recording Secretary. President, [l. s.] 

Endorsed. "Filed June 5, 1894, 

Henry C. Kelsey, 

Secretary of State." ■■ 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY 

DKPARTMKXT OF STATE. 

I, Alexander 11. Rickey, Assistant Secretary of State 
of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the fore- 
going is a true copy of Certificate of Extension of Charter of 
The New Jersey Historical Society, and the endorsement 
thereon as the same is taken from and compared with the 
original filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 
5tli day of June, A. D., 1894, and now remaining on file 
therein. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my Official Seal, at Trenton, this fourth day of 
February, A. D., 1897. 

A. H. Rickey. - 
[Seal.] Assistant Secretary of State. 



The Committee appointed at the meeting of the New Jer- 
sey Historical Society, held at Trenton on Tuesday, January 
26, 1897, to revise the Constitution and By-Laws of the 
Society, report and recommend the following: 



CONSTITUTION 

Artr'li-: I. 

This S()cict\- shall l)e called the Xew Jersey Historical 
Society, and shall he located in the city of Newark. Its 
object sliall he to discover. i)rocure. and preserve whatever 
relates to any de])artment of the history of New Jersey, 
natural, civil, literary or ecclesiastical, and generally of 
other portions of the L^iited States. 

Article II. 

This Societv shall consist of Life. Contriljuting. Corres- 
ponding and IIonorar\- Members and Patrons. Life and 
Contributing Members and I'atrons onl\- shall be entitled 
to vote and hold office. Residents of New Jersey shall not 
be elected Corresponding [Members. Not more than five 
Honorary Members shall be elected in an_\- one year. 

Article III. 

The Officers of this Society shall be a President, First, 
Second and Third \ ice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secre- 
tary, Recording ."^ecretar}-. and Treasurer, who shall l)e, 
c.v officio. [Members of the P>oard of Trustees. The Officers 
shall be elected by the P)Oard of Trustees, within thirty days 
after each Annual Meeting, and shall hold office until their 
successors are elected. The Roard of Trustees shall fill 
vacancies. 



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Article IV. 

At the next Annual Meeting there shall be elected hfteen 
Trustees, five to serve one year, five to serve two years and 
five to serve three years, or until their successors are elected, 
and thereafter, at each Annual Meeting, five Trustees shall 
be elected, to serve for three years, or until their successors 
are elected. Upon the death, resignation, refusal to act, 
or cessation of membership in the Society, of any Trustee, 
or the election of a Trustee to any other Office in the Soci- 
ety, or the unexcused failure of any Trustee to attend four 
successive regular meetings of the Board, his office shall 
be deemed vacant, and the Board may appoint a Member to 
fill the vacancy until the next Annual Aleeting, when a 
Trustee shall be elected for the unexpired term. The lioard 
of Trustees shall report to the Society at each Annual Meet- 
ing. 

Article V. 

There shall be a Committee on Genealogy and Statistics, 
to consist of one Member from each County of the State, 
of whom five shall constitute a quorum ; also a Committee 
on Colonial Documents, to consist of five Members ; which 
Committees, with such other Committees as may be recjuired, 
shall be appointed annually by the President, who may fill 
vacancies at any time. All Committees shall report to the 
Society at each Annual Meeting. 

Article VI. 

Contributing ^lembers shall pay Five Dollars annually, 
or, upon the payment of Fifty Dollars at any one time, any 
person, approved by the Board of Trustees, may on request 
become a Life ATember, and shall be exempt from annual 



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dues ; and every Member, who shall have paid the annual 
dues for twenty years successively, shall thereafter on re- 
quest be a Life Member. Failure by any Contributing 
• Member to i)ay his annual dues for three years, or refusal 
on notice to pay the same, shall involve forfeiture of all 
the privileges of membership, and the name of such Member 
may be erased from the List of Members by vote of the 
Board of Trustees. This article shall not apply to or afifect 
any person now a Life Member of the Society. Any person 
may become a Patron of the Society by contributing One 
Thousand Dollars to its treasury at any one time, and his 
certificate as such Patron shall be transferable, but every 
such transfer must be approved by the Board of Trustees. 
Patrons shall be entitled to a copy of all publications of the 
Society. 

Article VIL 

The Board of Trustees shall have the full and exclusive 
control of all the trust funds derived from donations, be- 
quests, and life memberships, and of all other property, real 
and personal, belonging to the Society, and shall have the 
management of all the financial afl^airs of the Society. All 
donations and bequests of money made to this Society shall 
be held in trust for the uses and purposes designated by the 
donors, and no part of the principal sum of any trust fund, 
or any moneys received from Life Memberships, shall ever 
be used in payment of the current annual expenditures of 
the Society. All moneys appropriated by any public body 
or society, or by any person, and intrusted to this Society, 
or to any of its Officers or Committees, shall forthwith be 
turned over to the Treasurer. 



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Article YIII. 

The location of the Lihrary and Cabinet of the Society 
shall not at any time be changed, from one municipality to 
another, except by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
Members present at any Meeting of the Society ; notice of 
which proi)Osed change must be given in writing to the 
Board of Trustees or to the Society at least two months 
before action thereon ; and such change shall not take 
efifect, unless approve'd in writing by two-thirds of the 
Board of Trustees. 

Article IX. 

This Constitution may be altered or amended by an 
afifirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at any 
Meeting of the Society, provided the same shall have been 
proposed in writing to the IJoard of Trustees or to the Soci- 
ety at lea.st two months i^revious to such Meeting ; and such 
alteration or amendment shall not take effect, unless ap- 
proved in writing bv two-thirds of the Board of Trustees. 



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BYLAWS 

I The I'Tectir.n of Menil)ers shall be by vote of the 
Board of Trustees, to whom all applications and nomina- 
tions for membership and all resignations ot membership 
shall be referred with power. 

II The Annual fleeting of the Society shall be held on 
the last Wednesday in October, at such place and hour as 
the Society, or. on its failure to act. as its l.oard of Trustees 
mav from time to time appoint. Such other Meetmgs may 
be held as the I'.oard of Trustees may appomt. at such tmies 
and places as thev mav designate : at which Meetings, besides 
the re-ular business, or social exercises, addresses may be 
delivered and historical papers read, before the Society, by 
persons selected by the I'.oard of Trustees. 

HI Fifteen Members of the Society shall constitute a 
quorum, for the transaction of business; excepting when 
charo-es against a Trustee or Officer are to be disposed ot, 
or an amendment to the Constitution or By-Laws, or a 
change of location of the Library or Cabinet is to be acted 
on. when fifty must be present. 

lY. At Meetings of the Society, the following shall be 
the Order of L'.usiness ; 

1. Reading ^linutes of last fleeting. 

2. Report of Corresponding Secretary. 

3. Report of Treasurer. 

4. Report of Board of Trustees. 
T. Reports of Committees. . 

6. Report of Librarian. 

7. Communications from other Societies. 

8. IMiscellaneous Business. 

9. Papers and Addresses. 



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This Order of Business may at any time be dispensed 
with or altered by a majority of the Members present and 
voting. 

V. The President, one of the Vice-Presidents, or a 
Chairman, pro tcm., shall preside at all Meetings of the 
Society, and shall have a casting vote. The President shall 
appoint all Committees not otherwise provided for; and 
shall exercise and maintain a general supervision over the 
affairs of the Society, see that its object, as prescribed by 
the Constitution, is duly carried out, and take an active 
interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the Society. 
The Vice-Presidents, in their order, shall, in the absence or 
disability of the President, perform the duties of that Officer. 

VI. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the tem- 
porary custody of all letters and communications to the 
Society. He may, at the Meetings, read oUch letters and 
communications as he may have received, and shall prepare 
all letters connected with the business or object of the Soci- 
ety, excepting such as may be referred to, or may relate to 
the duties of any Committee. All original letters, communi- 
cations and manuscripts, in possession of the Board of 
Trustees or of any Committee, shall be delivered to the 
'Corresponding Secretary, and shall be by him forthwith 
deposited in the Library, copies only being retained if 
necessary.. He shall notify all Members of their election, 
and of such other matters as he may deem necessary, or be 
directed to communicate ; and shall keep, in suitable books 
to be provided for the purpose, copies of all im])ortant let- 
ters written on behalf of the Society. He shall carefully 
preserve the originals of all letters and other communications 
he may receive, and shall forthwith deposit the same in the 
Library, retaining copies if necessary. He shall also be 
the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Trustees. 



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VII. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the 
Constitution, By-Laws and Records of the Society. He 
shall keep a fair and accurate Record, of the Proceedings 
of the Society, in a book provided for the purpose, the same 
to be kept in an appointed place in the Library, convenient 
of access by the Board of Trustees or any Committee. He 
shall give notice to the several Officers, Board of Trustees, 
or Committees, of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings 
of the Society, affecting them, or appertaining to their re- 
spective duties. He shall also send, by mail, a notice of the 
time and ])lace of each Meeting of the Society, two weeks 
previously, to each Life and Contributing ^lember and 
Patron. If two months' notice has been given of any pro- 
])Osed alteration or amendment of the Constitution or By- 
Laws, or of any change of location of the Library or Cabi- 
net of the Society, the fact shall be stated in the notice of 
the Meeting following the expiration of said two months. 
He shall, after each Meeting of the Society or Board of 
Trustees, forthwith deposit in the Library all papers read and 
copies of addresses delivered before the Society, together 
with the originals of all notices, propositions and resolutions, 
retaining copies if necessary. He shall also be the Record- 
ing Secretary of the Board of Trustees. 

Vni. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society; and, as often as these funds" 
shall amount to Twenty Dollars, they shall be deposited in 
some bank (approved by the Trustees) to the credit of the 
New lersey Historical Society, and shall be drawn thence 
on the check of the Treasurer, for the purposes following 
only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as may 
be ordered by the Board of Trustees, or by any Committee, 
from the funds in their care, respectively. He shall keep a 
true account of the receipts and payments, and shall render 



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a monthly statement of the same to the Board of Trustees, 
and an annual statement to the Society. In case of tempo- 
rary disability of the Treasurer, the Iloard of Trustees may 
appoint a Treasurer pro tcui. 

IX. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to 
recommend plans for j^romoting its object; to digest and 
prepare business ; to authorize the disbursement and ex- 
penditure of the annual income and other moneys of the 
Society, or so much thereof as shall be needed for the pay- 
ment of salaries, current expenses, fitting up the Library, 
the ordinary purchase of books, binding, printing, and other 
necessary outlays ; but in no case to exceed the funds in 
hand, or to anticipate the income of any one year. They 
shall have power to employ a Librarian and such other 
persons as may be necessary for the proper administration 
of the affairs of the Society, and to prescribe their duties 
and tix their salaries. They shall have charge of the ar- 
rangement and regulation of the Library and Cabinet : and 
shall, from time to time, examine into the condition of the 
same, and into the state of the finances ; and shall generally 
superintend the interests of the Society, and execute all such 
duties as may from time to time be committed to them. 
They shall keep a record of all their proceedings, and make 
a report at each Annual Meeting of the Society. They 
shall meet statedly for the transaction of business, once at 
least in each month. From their number the President shall 
appoint Committees, annually, of three ]Members each, on 
Finance, on Library, on Printing, on Membership, and on 
Building; which Committees shall attend to the duties 
delegated to them, and report monthly to the Board. At 
all Meetings of the Board of Trustees five Members shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The 
President of the Societv shall be President of the Board of 



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Trustees, and the Corresponding and Recording Secretaries 
of the Society shall be respectiveh' the Corres]K)nding" and 
Recording Secretaries of the i)oard of Trustees. The Re- 
cording Secretarx' shall he cs officio a member of the Com- 
mittee on Printing. 

X. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Genealogy 
and Statistics to arrange all genealogical and statistical data 
in the possession of the vSociety, and furnish information, as 
far as possible, to all incjuirers on such sul>iects. The origi- 
nals of all letters asking, and copies of all letters giving such 
information, shall be delivered to the Corresponding Secre- 
tary, and shall be b\- him forthwith deposited in the Library. 

XI. The following shall be the regulations for the use of 
the Library. 

1- Xo book or manuscript shall at any time be removed 
from the Library, without the written consent of the Library 
Committee. 

2. Xo manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read 
or address delivered before the Society, and deposited in 
the Library, shall I)e published, under the auspices of the 
Society, excei)t by direction of the lioard of Trustees. 

3. The hours during which the Library shall be open 
shall be determined, from time to time, by the Library 
Committee. 

4. During such hours any Member of the Society may 
have free access to the Library, to consult any book or 
manuscript, except such as may be prohibited by the Board 
of Trustees, and to make excerpts from the same. Any 
person, not a ]\Iember. mav obtain the like privilege from 
the Librarian, or u])on the recommendation in writing of 



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some Member. JJut no person, not a Member, shall be per- 
mitted to make excerpts from tlie manuscripts of the Soci- 
ety, excepting donors or depositors of the same, without 
the consent of the Librarian. 

5. It shaU be the duty of the Librarian, or the assistant, 
to report to the Library Committee any injury done to any 
book or manuscript, by any person consulting the same ; 
and for such injury, the person doing it shall make such 
compensation as the said Committee shall judge proper; and 
if he is not a Member, the said Committee shall have the 
power to prohibit him from further access to the Library, 
and to prosecute him publicly if they deem it advisable. 

6. The Librarian shall have charge of the Library and 
Cabinet of the Society, subject to the foregoing regulations, 
and subject also to the direction of the Library Committee. 
He shall keep. a record of all donations and accessions to 
the Library and Cabinet, and report the same to the Society 
at each Annual Meeting. 

XIL These By-Laws may be altered or amended by an 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present at 
any Aleeting of the Society, provided such alterations or 
amendments shall have been proposed in writing to the 
Board of Trustees or to the Society at least two months 
previous to such Meeting ; and such alteration or amend- 
ment shall not take effect, unless approved in writing by 
two-thirds of the Board of Trustees. 



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To facilitate the operation of the Revision of the Consti- 
tution and By-Laws of the New Jersey Historical Society, 
and to avoid possible complication over the question of the 
terms of office of the present Officers and Members of 
Committees — 

Resolved. That the next Annual Meeting of the Societ}' 
shall be held on Wednesday, (Jctober 27, 1897, at the 
Prudential Building, Newark, at- eleven o'clock, A. M. 

Resolved, That at said next Annual Meeting, the said 
Revised Constitution and 15y-Laws shall take effect at the 
call for Miscellaneous Business, and the election of Trustees 
shall then be held. 

Resolved, That the time and place for the first Meeting 
of the Trustees elect, within thirty days after such Annual 
Meeting, shall be fixed by the President of the Society, and 
the notices thereof shall be mailed (one week in advance 
of such first Meeting), to each of the Trustees elect, by 
the Corresponding Secretary. 

Resolved, That upon the assembling of the Trustees 
elect for their first Meeting, all other existing offices and 
all Membership of Comnfittees shall become and be vacant. 

Resolved, That the r)Oard of Trustees (when elected) 
may accept, from any person approved by them, a donation 
of a share of the capital stock of the Newark Library Asso- 
ciation, in lieu of the payment of the sum of Fifty Dollars 
as a fee for Life Membership. 

As a proper recognition of those whose patronage has been 
helpful to the Society — 

Resolved, That the names of all persons, who heretofore 
at any one time have contributed One Thousand Dollars to 
the Societv. shall be enrolled as Patrons. 



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The Committee recommend the printing, with the Revised 
Constitution and By-Laws, the Act of 1846 incorporating 
the New Jersey Historical Society, the Act of 1856 increas- 
ing the hmit of income, the Act of 1893 authorizing the 
extension of its Charter, and the Certificate filed for that 
purpose with the Secretary of State, also a list of the Soci- 
ety's Publications, copies of which are hereto attached. 

WILLI A^I R. WEEKS, Chairman. 
JONATHAN W. ROBERTS, 
GEORGE S. MOTT, 
RICHARD F. STE\^ENS, 
JAMES E. HOWELL. 
Dated ]\Iay 20, 1897. 



Tlie foregoing Report was read at the Meeting of the 
Society, held at the Prudential Building, Newark, May 20, 
1897, and the Constitution, By-Laws, Resolutions and 
Recommendations were adopted. 



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PUBLICATIONS 



New Jersey Historical Society 



Collections— \'ols. I-VIII. as follows: 

\'ol. I. East Jersey Under the Provincial Governments, 
by William A. Whitehead, 8 vo., pp. ( \\)+\T-VIII+ 
(n)+34i, with Maps and Plates, 1846. 

\'ol. I. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 8 vo., 
pp. (VII)+\'I-VIII+(II)+486, with Maps and Plates, 

1875- 

\-ol. 11.— Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, 
by his Grandson, William Alexander Duer. LL. D.. 8 
vo., i)]). ( IX ) +XI\ — X\'+ ( II ) +X— Xn+272, with 
Portrait and Maps, 1847. 

\'ol. III.— Provincial Courts of New Jersey, by Richard 
S. Field, 8 vo., pp. (MD+VIII— XI+(I)+3ii + (I). 
1849. 

\'ol I\'._Papers of Lewis Morris, Governor of New 
Jersey from 1738 to 1746. 8 vo., pp. ( \')+\T— VIII + 
■(IIlj^XII— XXXII+336, with Portrait. 1852. 

\-ol. \\— Analytical Index to the Colonial Documents of 
New Jersey, in the State Paper Offices of England, com- 
piled by Henry Stevens, edited by William A. Whitehead, 
8 vo., pp. ( V)+\'I— XXIX+(III)+504, 1858. 



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Vol. VI. — Records of the Town of Newark, New Jersey, 
from its Settlement in 1666 to its incorporation as a City 
in 1836, 8 vo., pp. ( V)+VI— X+294, with Map, 1864. 

Vol. VI. — Supplement — Proceedings Commemorative of 
the Settlement of Newark, New Jersey, on its Two Hun- 
dredth Anniversary, ]\Iay 17, 1866; with Genealogical 
Notices of the First Settlers of Newark, by Samuel H. 
Congar; 8 vo., pp. (9) -|- 10— 182, 1866. 

Vol. VII. — The Constitution and Government of the 
Province and State of New Jersey, witn Biographical 
Sketches of the Governors, from 1776 to 1845, ^^^^ Remi- 
niscenses of the 'Bench and Bar, by L. Q. C. Elmer, 
LL. D., 8 vo., pp. (V)+IV— V+(II)+VIII+(I)+2-6 
+495, 1872. 

Vol. VIII. — Semi-centennial celebration of the Founding 
of the New Jersey Historical Society, (1895), with Fifty 
Years of Historical Work in New Jersey, by William 
Nelson, 8 vo., pp. (V)+VI—VII+( I) + (3)4-4-223, New- 
ark, 1900. 

New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vols. I-XXV ; Second 
Series, Vols. I-II. ^ 

Index to Archives, (Vols. I-X.), in one volume. 

The Proceedings of the Society comprise twenty-five 
octavo volumes, in paper covers, divided into three series, 
the first of ten volumes, the second of thirteen volumes, and 
the third, as far as issued, of three volumes. 



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